Microsoft, it seems, has been suffering a bit of a genius shortage as of late. The company is reportedly contacting Apple store managers in hopes of staffing its soon to be opening retail locations. According to a number of anonymous sources, Redmond has started offering some current Apple retail employees a significant raise and in some cases has agreed to pay moving expenses.
“Once hired,” explains Apple blog, The Loop, “the ex-Apple employees are then contacting some of the top sales people in the Apple retail organization offering them positions at Microsoft retail.”
Microsoft announced earlier in the year that it would be opening a number of retail locations across the country to help push the release of Windows 7. The stores have taken more than a few cues from Apple’s example, right down to the “Guru Bar.”